COMMERCIAL PROPERTY & BUILT ENVIRONMENT

Sustainable assets that perform commercially and operationally.

FD helps owners, developers, design teams and contractors turn sustainability objectives into practical project requirements, procurement decisions and verified outcomes. Our advice connects environmental performance with design, delivery, energy use, asset value and long-term operation.

WHY IT MATTERS

A rating target alone does not create a high-performing asset.

Sustainability commitments are often established early, then weakened by unclear responsibilities, design changes, procurement pressure or incomplete evidence. Strong outcomes require the target to be translated into decisions that the design, commercial and delivery teams can understand and manage.

FD works across the strategy-to-delivery gap, helping clients set credible objectives, define the pathway, manage risk and keep performance requirements visible throughout the project.

DECISIONS WE HELP CLIENTS MAKE

The questions we help asset owners answer.

Which sustainability and rating outcomes are appropriate for the asset, market and investment case?
How should Green Star, ESD and operational-performance requirements be embedded in the brief and design process?
Which energy-efficiency, electrification, renewable-energy and decarbonisation measures offer practical value?
How should embodied carbon, materials, water, waste, resilience and occupant outcomes be prioritised?
What documentation, responsibilities and evidence must be secured through procurement and construction?
How can sustainability commitments be protected when scope, cost or programme pressures emerge?
What improvement pathway is realistic for an existing asset or portfolio?
HOW FD HELPS

From ambition to verified outcome.

Sustainability and ESD strategy

Project objectives, materiality assessment, performance targets, design principles and governance aligning ambition with the commercial context.

Green Star and rating-system delivery

Rating strategy, credit and evidence planning, responsibility mapping, submission support and delivery-stage assurance.

Energy, carbon and decarbonisation

Energy strategy, passive-design and building-performance inputs, electrification, renewable-energy options and operational carbon pathways.

Design and procurement integration

Sustainability briefs, design reviews, performance requirements, tender inputs, contractor commitments and commercial-risk identification.

Delivery, evidence and compliance

Implementation support, evidence controls, design-change review, contractor coordination, reporting and certification-readiness.

Existing assets and portfolio improvement

Performance review, improvement roadmaps, retrofit and electrification priorities, decarbonisation planning and accredited-assessor coordination.

EXPERIENCE INFORMING OUR ADVICE

Consulting and project-side sustainability leadership.

Camila’s prior roles with Cundall and Laing O’Rourke span ESD consulting and project-side sustainability leadership across commercial, industrial and transport projects. Her experience combines Green Star and Infrastructure Sustainability knowledge with practical design coordination, construction-stage delivery, documentation and assurance.

She holds a Master of Environmental Engineering, Infrastructure Sustainability Accredited Professional status and ISv2.1 Design & As-Built Accredited Professional credentials. Om adds energy-infrastructure, commercial evaluation and business-case capability where building performance intersects with power supply, electrification or investment decisions.

Project experience referenced on this page was delivered by our founders in previous roles before the establishment of FD Advisory Group. Project names are included only where public disclosure is appropriate.

WHO WE SUPPORT

Advice for every side of the project table.

Property owners, asset managers, developers and investors
Project managers, architects, engineers and design teams
Head contractors, bid teams and delivery organisations
Government agencies and public owners responsible for building portfolios

Founder-led from strategy through delivery

FD’s senior advisers remain directly involved in the work. When the project requires specialist modelling, assessment, commissioning or certification capability, we coordinate with appropriately qualified professionals rather than stretching the scope beyond the expertise required.

Setting a sustainability target or trying to protect one through delivery?

Talk to FD about the rating, design, procurement or performance outcome the asset needs to achieve.

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